Today’s Headlines
Will High-Speed Rail Ever Get Off the Ground? (Governing) Amtrak’s Shiny New Locomotives Are Emblematic of Improving Financial Health (AP) Hey, There’s a National Transportation Week! And It’s This Week! (JoC) Point: Want Cycling to Be Treated Like a Legit Form of Transportation? Act Like It. (Atlantic Cities) Counterpoint: Cyclists Shouldn’t Have to Be More … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:50 AM EDT on May 14, 2013
- Will High-Speed Rail Ever Get Off the Ground? (Governing)
- Amtrak’s Shiny New Locomotives Are Emblematic of Improving Financial Health (AP)
- Hey, There’s a National Transportation Week! And It’s This Week! (JoC)
- Point: Want Cycling to Be Treated Like a Legit Form of Transportation? Act Like It. (Atlantic Cities)
- Counterpoint: Cyclists Shouldn’t Have to Be More “Squeaky Clean” Than Everybody Else (WashCycle)
- Bike League and WalkScore Release Bike-Friendly City Rankings
- Seven Bike-to-Work-Week Reminders Why Bicycles Are Pure Goodness (Daily Page)
- Watch a Real-Live Customer Service Agent Pop Out of a Japanese Farecard Machine (Good)
- CT DOT: How About Ridesharing? (CBS)
- Compliance Cars, I Mean Electric Vehicles, Are Huge Money-Losers for Manufacturers (USA Today)
- Urbanism Without Effort: Let It Happen Organically (HuffPo)
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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